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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 58596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23190]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8481]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, in Room 5L18-01 of 
the United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2703 Martin Luther 
King Jr. Ave SE., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the 27th Extraordinary Council Session, the 
28th Assembly, and the 111th Council Session of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO), to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, November 21-22; November 25-December 4; and, December 5, 
respectively.
    The agenda items for C/ES 27, to be considered include:
--Adoption of the agenda
--Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Resource management
--Results-based budget for the 2014-2015 biennium
--Report on the 35th Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 
London Convention 1972 and the 8th Meeting of Contracting Parties to 
the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention
--Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization 
since the twenty-seventh regular session of the Assembly
--Protection of vital shipping lanes
--Periodic review of administrative requirements in mandatory IMO 
instruments
--External relations
--Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the 
Organization
--Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral 
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
--Supplementary agenda items, if any
    The agenda items for A 28, to be considered include:
--Adoption of the agenda
--Election of the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly
--Consideration of proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the 
Assembly
--Application of Article 61 of the IMO Convention--Report of the 
Council to the Assembly on any requests by Members for waiver
--Establishment of committees of the Assembly
--Consideration of the reports of the committees of the Assembly
--Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization 
since the twenty-seventh regular session of the Assembly
--Strategy, planning and reform
--Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Maritime 
Safety Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Legal 
Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Marine 
Environment Protection Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Technical Co-
operation Committee
--Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Facilitation 
Committee
--Consideration of proposed amendments
--Report on the 2012 International Conference on the Safety of Fishing 
Vessels
--Progress report to the Assembly in compliance with resolution 
A.1043(27) on Periodic review of administrative requirements in 
mandatory IMO instruments
--Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes 
and Other Matter, 1972 and the 1996 Protocol thereto: report on the 
performance of Secretariat functions and other duties
--Resource management
--Global maritime training institutions
--External relations
--Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the 
Organization
--Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral 
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
--Election of Members of the Council, as provided for in Articles 16 
and 17 of the IMO Convention
--Election of Members of the IMO Staff Pension Committee
--Date and place of the twenty-ninth regular session of the Assembly
--Supplementary agenda items, if any
No agenda has been published for C 111.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and 
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Matt Frazee, by email at 
matthew.p.frazee@uscg.mil, or by phone at (202) 372-1376, not later 
than October 30, 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made after 
October 30, 2013 might not be able to be accommodated. Please note that 
due to security considerations, two valid, government issued photo 
identifications must be presented to gain entrance to the Headquarters 
building. The Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately 
owned conveyance (public transportation is not generally available). 
However, parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited. 
Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings 
may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: September 17, 2013.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2013-23190 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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